Psalms 62:9
What does Psalms 62:9 mean?
A plain-English look at Psalms 62:9 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000Surely men of low degree are vanity, and men of high degree are a lie: In the balances they will go up; They are together lighter than vanity.
KJV
King James Version · 1611Surely men of low degree are vanity, and men of high degree are a lie: to be laid in the balance, they are altogether lighter than vanity.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901Surely men of low degree are vanity, and men of high degree are a lie: In the balances they will go up; They are together lighter than vanity.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949Truly men of low birth are nothing, and men of high position are not what they seem; if they are put in the scales together they are less than a breath.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862Only--vanity <FI>are<Fi> the low, a lie the high. In balances to go up they than vanity <FI>are<Fi> lighter.
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752My soul hath stuck close to thee: thy right hand hath received me.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890Men of low degree are only vanity; men of high degree, a lie: laid in the balance, they go up together [lighter] than vanity.
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Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- 1 Samuel 26:21
Then said Saul, I have sinned: return, my son David; for I will no more do thee harm, because my life was precious in thine eyes this day: behold, I have played the fool, and have erred exceedingly.
- 1 Samuel 18:21
And Saul said, I will give him her, that she may be a snare to him, and that the hand of the Philistines may be against him. Wherefore Saul said to David, Thou shalt this day be my son-in-law a second time.
- 2 Samuel 15:31
And one told David, saying, Ahithophel is among the conspirators with Absalom. And David said, O Jehovah, I pray thee, turn the counsel of Ahithophel into foolishness.
- Isaiah 40:15
Behold, the nations are as a drop of a bucket, and are accounted as the small dust of the balance: behold, he taketh up the isles as a very little thing.
- Daniel 5:27
TEKEL; thou art weighed in the balances, and art found wanting.
- Psalms 55:13
But it was thou, a man mine equal, My companion, and my familiar friend.
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